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First Look: Lotus Beauty at Hampstead Theatre in Rehearsal

by Staff Writer
April 29, 2022
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Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R ZAINAB HASAN KIRAN LANDA ANSHULA BAIN © Chiara Wakely

Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R ZAINAB HASAN KIRAN LANDA ANSHULA BAIN © Chiara Wakely

First look rehearsal images have been released for the world premiere of Satinder Chohan’s new play, Lotus Beauty.  Directed by Pooja Ghai, Lotus Beauty will run at Hampstead Downstairs, in association with Tamasha Theatre Company, from 13 May until 18 June 2022.   

Lotus Beauty follows the intertwined lives of five multigenerational women.  The cast features Anshula Bain (Tartuffe, Birmingham Rep; (This Isn’t) A True Story, Almeida Theatre); Souad Faress (The Archers, BBC; Game of Thrones, HBO), Zainab Hasan (The Welkin, National Theatre; Shakespeare Trilogy, Donmar Warehouse), Ulrika Krishnamurti (Pink Sari Revolution, Curve Theatre/Belgrade Theatre/West Yorkshire Playhouse; Made in India, Tamasha Theatre Company), Kiran Landa (Line of Duty, BBC; Extinct, Theatre Royal Stratford East).

Ghai will be joined by designer, Rosa Maggiora; lighting director, Matt Haskins; sound designers, The Ringham Brothers; dialect coach Gurkiran Kaur and assistant director, Cassia Thakkar.

       

Lotus Beauty invites us into Reita’s salon where clients can wax lyrical about their day’s tiny successes or have their struggles massaged, plucked or tweezed away.  But with honest truths and sharp-witted barbs high among the treatments on offer, will the power of community be enough to raise the spirits of everyone who passes through the salon doors?

Satinder Chohan makes her Hampstead debut.  Previous credits include Zameen (Kali Theatre), Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi (Pursued By A Bear/Kali Theatre), Half of Me and Made in India (Tamasha).

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Artistic Director of Tamasha, Pooja Ghai directs her first production at Hampstead.  A former Associate of Theatre Royal Stratford East, previous credits include Lions and Tigers (Globe Theatre), Approaching Empty (Tamasha, Kiln Theatre, Live Theatre), Rapunzel, Counting Stars and The House of in Between (all Stratford East).

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Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R KIRAN LANDA ULRIKA KRISHNAMURTI © Chiara Wakely
Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R KIRAN LANDA ULRIKA KRISHNAMURTI © Chiara Wakely
Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R KIRAN LANDA ZAINAB HASAN © Chiara Wakely
Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R KIRAN LANDA ZAINAB HASAN © Chiara Wakely
Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R SATINDER CHOHAN POOJA GHAI © Chiara Wakely
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Lotus Beauty Reahesal Image L R SOUAD FARESS KIRAN LANDA POOJA GHAI © Chiara Wakely
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